We all know how traditional book reports work: read the book and write a summary to prove you read the book. So what is a Book Trailer? It’s simply an advertisement for a book. Have you ever been to the movies and watched the previews for upcoming attractions? Like a movie trailer, it highlights story elements without giving everything away to entice your interest.

The Book Trailer below was made by me by using Windows Live Movie Maker.

Tabitha in sixth grade is making a Book Trailer using the following steps. We will learn how to create a storyboard, import pictures via Community Clips to match the words she has written (
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.), find perfect (royalty free) music (Incompetech.com & http://freeplaymusicclassic.com/)to set the tone of the book and, most importantly, entice others to read her book!
Here are the steps:
1. Read a book
2. Write a summary outline.
3. Create a story board.

4. Match images to the words.

5. Place images in Windows Live Movie Maker.

6. Add words. Or, if using an ipad, reading the writing to create a voiceover.

Here’s the completed project!!!